Architects for
Adaptive Reuse,
Community-Led Housing
& Civic Strategies

An exploded axonometric floor plan showing different housing typologies
Image of C103 showing proposed community uses
An image of natural material samples -Hempcrete,  wood fibre board, clay
An image of the Union Street Party and engagement event organised by Nudge Community Builders

We are Incremental — a cooperative architectural practice specialising in the transformation of existing community assets, ecological construction, and community led housing across Bristol and Wales. We build within planetary limits by breaking big ambitions down into clear, actionable phases.

Are you a Social Enterprise or Asset Developer with an existing building?
Explore our Heritage Projects & Adaptive Reuse

Adaptive Heritage & Retrofit

Are you a Community Land Trust or Local Authority looking to build homes?
Explore our housing projects

Co-Housing & Collective Living

Are you a Local Authority or Regeneration Team looking to develop a local plan through engagement? or a community group looking for a co-designed plan?
Explore our Community Strategies & Consultation

Community Strategies

Are you a Private Client looking to build sustainably?
Explore our Ecological Living & Custom Homes

Ecological Living & Homes

Are you a community group or CLT looking for early support? Applications are open for our next Free Initiator Design Session. Apply here.

Key examples of our work:

C103 Community Retrofit

Transforming a derelict 1860s industrial warehouse into a phased, revenue-generating civic ecosystem featuring urban farming and incubator hubs. Our Impact: Advocating preservation over demolition to lock carbon into existing building fabric.

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Gravesend Fort Community Engagement

Image of Charlie Palmer talking to members of the public about plans for Gravesend Fort

Navigating stakeholder requirements (Historic England) on a Scheduled Monument while co-producing a delivery brief with local residents. Our Impact: Unlocking early-stage public feasibility grants through robust participatory codesign.

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Bowden Pillars Future Eco-village

Designing a low energy rural co-housing village that balance shared collective spaces with private residential envelopes. Our Impact: Balancing economic viability of community-led housing models with complex site constraints.

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“Incremental has developed original practical and deliverable solutions to challenges we face as a community and pushed us to aspire and prioritise areas we hadn’t before.”

Hannah Sloggett, Nudge Community Builders

We are a cooperative.

We are a registered worker cooperative. We meet the highest standards of democratic governance, socio-environmental performance, and financial accountability—reinvesting 100% of our operational surpluses into local community strategies and ecological research to deliver public good.